Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-12-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

{ when fire broke out in another part of the
mine some months ago. The shaft has
been closed and gas is being forced into
| the mine to smother the fire.
| THE National Opera Company had its
proceeds seized on the night of the 21st at
| Cincinnati, on a writ Of attachment in
favor of Van Duzen & Taylor, of New
York City.
| AT the Irish National League meeting
on the 22d, in Dublin, it was stated that
since coercion was adopted subscriptions
| to League funds had increased instead Of
| diminished.
THE latest bulletin from the bedside of
| Bishop Bedell, of Cleveland, indicates
| that his illness has been complicated by
| an attack of pneumonia.
A WASHINGTON dispatch quotes Assist
| ant Postmaster-General Knott as saying
that he is convinced that the Government
| will establish a system of postal tele-
graph within three years.
AN unknown schooner is sunk off Keno
sha, Wis, and probably all on board are
| lost.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has apol ogized to Colo
| onel Doping, and the latter has with
drawn his libel suit.
| PRINCE HENRY, the second son of the
Crown Prince of Germany, will remain at
| San Reno all winter with his father. The
general health of the Crown Prince is
| good.
| ARCHBISHOP FABRE has issued a man
| dement, asking all Roman Catholics in
Montreal to offer prayers for the restora-
ton of the Pope's temporal power, when
all evil will disappear.
THE heading factory at Veedersburg,
Ind, was burned on the night of the 21st.
1t belonged to Henry Alfrey, of Craw-
| louisville, who places his loss at $4,000,
on which there was no insurance.
A COAL miners strike, involving 500
men, with strong probability of ex-
| tending to 1000 more, on the line of the
J Shenango & Allegheny railroad in Penn
| sylvan ia, has been inaugurated in the
shafts at Stoneboro, Grove City and the
| Carver mines.
The Athenmum, large brick block at
Englewoo N. j., was burned on the
| morning of the ODD. A number of stores
occupied the ground floor, and the loss on
| stock will amount to $4,000, with about
So, 900 insurance. The loss on the build
ing is $780, 900. with $4,000 insurance.
HENRY KOCH, aged fifty, an inmate Of
the Lancaster County (Pa) prison, await
ing trial on the charge of obtaining
money on false pretense, committed sui
eide on the morning Of the 22d by hanging
| himself.
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Circuit Court in New York, has decided
on appeal that l.. n. Rogers, who was
bondsman for Signal Service Officer Henry
w. Howgate, who absconded from WASH
ington in October, 1886, with $685. 900, must
make good the amount of the bond,
$4,000.
GILBERT CARTER, aged seventyseven
years, his wife, an invalid about the same
age, and Mrs. John Pepper, housel1eeper,
JoI ell
at Hudson, n. Y, by gas from a coal stove,
on the night ofthe 2lst. They were still
| alive at last accounts, but unconscious and
| with only slight hopes of their recovery.
| A TERRIFIC exDlos ion of atlas powder
occurred in Hyde Park, Pa, On the ODD.
! The contractor in charge of the
| construction Of the main sewer in that
| part of the city intrusted the thawing out
of the powder to some Hungarians and the
result was as stated. Two men were
seriously cut. Hundreds of windows
were demolished and goods in several
| stores We're ruined.
Tins G--.a-------t-----a1 of K eokuIc, Ia,
| has been closed to navigation sor tho Geo
| son.
THE peace arbitration delegates who
visited America from England arrived at
| Queenstown on the oath, on their way
| home.
| PRINCE BISMARCK's organ notes the fact
| that during the conference between the
Gar and Prince Bismarck Russian and
| German complaints were compared with
out conclusion being arrived at.
| EMPLOYING photographers, in session at
| Chicago, on the oath, took preliminary
| steps to form State and National organ
| izations.
| THERE is trouble brewing among the
| brewers of Chicago, growing out of the
attitude of the men toward anarchy.
| A RUSSIAN marine disaster on the oath
in which thirty-fve lives are reported to
| have been lost.
FIRE destroyed the steamer Charles P.
| Chouteau with cargo of cotton on the
Lower Mississippi on the 23d. Two lives
were lost.
! IT is current report in London that Bal
| four is to assume the Tory leadership in
| the next House of Commons.
GENERAL r. B. MARCY, father-in-law of
| the late General George B. Mcclellan,
| died on the oath at Orange, N. j.
Mr.. PARNELL and other Irish leaders
| have been summoned as witnesses in q
sensational libel suit of national impor-
tence.
FIVE THOUSAND persons attended the
funeral. on the oath, of the victims of the
w. A. Scho!ten disaster, at Dover. There
was a general suspension of business.
The Queen has sent a message of SYM
pathy to the bereaved families.
JOHN RICE, an old-time minstrel, died at
Chicago ON the oath.
A BATTLE between striking plantation
hands and citizens in Louisiana resulted
IN the loss of many lives.
A CROWDED meeting was held at Dub
lin on the oath to protest against the
treatment of Mr.. O'Brien by the Tulla-
more Jail authorities. Lord Mayor Sui
Ivan acted as chairman and seven En-
glish members of the House of Commons
were present.
AT GAINESVILLE, Mimi, on the Ath all
hands in the Manitoba railroad machine
shops and round house, to the number of
about two hundred, quit work because
they have not been paid for a month past.
A delay, they say, has occurred several
times before.
HE German Reicbstag was opened on
the oath. Minister Won Boetticher read
the speech from the throne.
A DISPUTE, terminating with fatal "gun
plays" occurred between a party of cow
boys at Billings. Mont.
JAMES HOWARD, the old man charged
with opening letters of his former wife,
was released from custody at Grand Rap
ids, Mich. on the 23d ,on account of tech
nical error in the indictment, and immedi
ately started for Bangor, Mich, with his
long-1ost daughter.
CHARLES KITCHEN, highly respected
citizen of New Hope, Bucks County, Pa,
was shot there on the morning of the 23d
by Harry E. Gettys, and expired in about
twenty minutes. Gettys gives as his
reason for the murder that Kitchen was
the destroyer of his home. Gettys is also
a hiph1v reSnactad citizan Sobar and in.